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Oboe Quartet for oboe, violin, viola, and cello

  • Year
    2001
  • Duration
    17'
  • Category
    Chamber
Dedication
For Heinz Holliger
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Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts
Paul Sacher Stiftung
Premiere
Sep 2, 2001/ Heinz Holliger, oboe / Thomas Zehetmair, vln / Ruth Killius, vla / Thomas Demenga, vlc/ Matthaeuskirche, Lucerne
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The Oboe Quartet is built up from a series of six duets, which cover every possible combination of the four instruments. Each duet lasts just a minute or two, and the other two instruments provide an accompaniment.

– Elliott Carter
Recordings (2)
  • Lauds and Lamentations: Music of Elliott Carter and Isang Yun
    ECM New Series 1848/9 (2003)
    Heinz Holliger, English horn | Thomas Zehetmair, violin | Ruth Killius | Thomas Demenga, cello
  • The Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Five - Nine Compositions (1994-2002)
    Bridge Records 9128 (2002)
    Virgil Blackwell, bass clarinet | Charles Rosen, piano | Maureen Gallagher, viola | Speculum Musicae: Stephen Taylor, oboe; Curtis Macomber, violin; Eric Bartlett, cello (+5)
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